I have recd. yours of the 24th ulto., with a copy of one from Mr Long, communicating his appointment to a professorship, in the university of London, & expressing his desire to withdraw, from that, which he holds, in the university of Virga., in July 1828., instead of remaining there, until July 1829. I respect highly the qualifications of Mr Long, for the station which he holds, the duties of which, he has dischargd, with credit to himself, & advantage to the institution, but I deem it proper to accede to his request, in the hope that we may find one, competent to those duties, as he suggests, within the limits of the institution itself1